About

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Every creative has a unique journey. Our mission is to support your development by sharing your story.

The Body Narratives Ltd is a social enterprise that supports the creative and professional development of emerging Women of Colour writers and artists through storytelling. We start every journey with your story to uncover the power of who you are as an artist in order to harness where it can take you.

What we do:

Get your story and work out there in an authentic way

Create collaborative and meaningful opportunities for audience development and engagement

Provide accessible resources and support for personal and professional development.

Why storytelling?

From the beginning of our journey we’ve worked with Women of Colour creatives whose lives, communities and experiences were at the heart their works. By delivering projects that centred their narratives, we discovered storytelling was key in supporting their growth, wellbeing and development.

We believe that storytelling is not an end in itself; it inspires and offers opportunities to transform the world for the better. It provides a mechanism to foster creativity, inspire and enable communities, and develop meaningful and transformative connections.

We’ve built our organisation on three storytelling practices that we believe are fundamental to cultivating your growth:

Sharing: It takes courage to create and speak your truth. We want to help you be your boldest and most authentic self. We celebrate the rich and diverse works of Women of Colour by providing opportunities to share your work and journey in authentic and accessible ways.

Listening: Testimony isn’t just about telling your story; it requires us to listen and be listened to. We support artists to tell their stories differently through unique collaborative and co-production opportunities and creating safe spaces to develop meaningful audience engagement.

Learning: Our journey is all about taking you with us. We know it’s hard when you’re starting out to find the resources or support you need to make your creative brand and business work. Whether it’s helping you to build a network or providing affordable support with brand development, funding applications and event coordination, we support your professional development so you can focus on what you do best: creating.